CASTLE CARY SELF STORAGE LTD
🏛️Establishedactive
13141663 · ltd · incorporated 2021-01-18
Investment thesis
Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.
Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.
Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 52103
Sector: Transportation & storage
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.
Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).
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Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 0.7y
50/100
clean up first
Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.
- · Newest facility, 0.7 years old — likely still in initial term.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
Data confidence
Overall: high (80/100)Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.
Company profile
address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
15 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
79/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
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| Average employees | 2 | 200 |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
🔒Filing-note intelligence
1 signal detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (14 events)Click to expand
- 2025-11-14📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2025-11-11🔒Charge registered #1Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
- 2025-10-16📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2024-11-13📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2024-11-07📄change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortenedaccounts · AA01
- 2023-10-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2023-01-27📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2023-01-27📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2022-10-14📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2021-02-16📄change-account-reference-date-company-current-extendedaccounts · AA01
- 2021-01-18🏢Company incorporatedAs CASTLE CARY SELF STORAGE LTD
- 2021-01-18➕FARTHING, Justin John appointeddirector
- 2021-01-18➕FARTHING, Katherine Claudia appointeddirector
- 2021-01-18📄incorporation-companyincorporation · NEWINC
Owner dependency
79/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
FACTORS
- +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
- +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 64 — approaching natural succession window.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
- +No director turnover: Company is 6 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.
Succession & seller-readiness
56/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 64. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
Red flags
cleanNo red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
Shareholders & ownership
2 active beneficial owners| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
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Mr Justin John Farthing Individual · British · DOB 04/1962 · age 64 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 18/01/2021 |
Katherine Claudia Farthing Individual · British · DOB 08/1967 · age 59 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 18/01/2021 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
🔒Co-director network graph
Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BARTER TRANSPORT LTD→ 13076600 · est 2020 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 5y | — | — |
| BATH LUGGAGE STORAGE CENTRE LIMITED→ 10485134 · est 2016 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 9y | — | — |
| BROMLEY ENTERPRISE LIMITED→ 11961956 · est 2019 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 6y | — | — |
| BUSINESS AIRCRAFT PAINTING SERVICES LTD→ 15550134 · est 2024 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 2y | — | — |
| C A FOSTER LTD→ 09191596 · est 2014 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 11y | — | — |
| C SPARKS & SONS LIMITED→ 01018080 · est 1971 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 54y | — | — |
| C&C LOGISTICS GROUP LIMITED→ 16091448 · est 2024 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 1y | — | — |
| CALLAINA LIMITED→ 10846316 · est 2017 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 8y | — | — |
| CB HAULAGE LONGCROSS LIMITED→ 16353464 · est 2025 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 1y | — | — |
| CGF ASSOCIATES LIMITED→ 12515215 · est 2020 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 6y | — | — |
| CHARD SELF-STORE LIMITED→ 05707780 · est 2006 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 20y | — | — |
| CHAUFFEUR TRAVEL BATH LTD→ 06798236 · est 2009 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 17y | — | — |
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🔒Tailored diligence questions
6 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2021-01-18
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC52103 — SIC 52103
Registered office
Orchard Farmhouse
Lovington
Castle Cary
Somerset
BA7 7PP
United Kingdom
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last: 2026-01-17
Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)
FARTHING, Justin John→
Activedirector · ~64y · appointed 2021-01-18
View their other companies + combined net worth →
FARTHING, Katherine Claudia→
Activedirector · ~59y · appointed 2021-01-18
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.
Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | National Westminster Bank National Westminster Bank PLC | A registered charge | — | 11/11/2025 | — |
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Recent filings (15 total)
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-28
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2025-11-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-10-16
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-11-13
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2024-11-07
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-10-18
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-01
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-01-27
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-01-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-10-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-25
change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
accounts · AA01
2021-02-16
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2021-01-18